The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth Vader inspired its name.

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

Investigate the lives of ocean inhabitants in the Marine Invertebrates gallery. See starfish, corals and molluscs, and discover the deep-sea secrets of the vampire squid and the feeding habits of the ...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC ... The Collection includes extensive holdings from deep-sea environments, chemosynthetic ecosystems (hydrothermal ...

Like an undersea invertebrate, Australia contracts and expands its size and influence on the tides of global pressure — but ...

The seafloor habitats of Dumpsites 1 and 2, located in the Santa Monica and San Pedro Basins off the coast of Los Angeles, contain discarded barrels and DDT-contaminated sediments, which are also home ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the seafloor and would be described by some as gross.